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Aerate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air: aerate soil.

v. To expose to oxygen, as in the oxygenation of the blood by respiration.

v. To supply or charge (liquid) with a gas, especially to charge with carbon dioxide.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To supply oxygen or air.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

v. To supply or impregnate with common air

v. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.

v. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To expose to the free action of the air.

To cause to mix with carbonic-acid or other gas.

In physiology, to change the circulating fluids of, as animals, by the agency of the air; arterialize.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

v. expose to fresh air

v. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

Word Usage

"• Mr. Stupak will take a liquid base, divide it into parts and freeze some, dehydrate some and " aerate " some by pumping air into it, looking for the most interesting texture."

Verb Form

aerated aerates aerating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

process treat expose change modify alter

Cross Reference

aërated waters aërated bread aërating roots aërating filter aërating plants

Form

aerator aeration

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

arterialize aërif aerif ventilate inflate